Starbases on Resources

what about this field around them?

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Ok, in GalCiv I the starbases were a huge boost. Are they still in GCII? Got the game today and I wonder about this circle around the starbases - does that mean only planets within that circle profit from the starbase?

If that's the case I'm somewhat stunned, as building starbases _ON_ resources would only make sense in your own sectors. OK, one could build a starbase to avoid another player using it but that's half the fun And one more thing, I have one starbase (morale) with two planets in range. There is one additional mining module but both planets say "no starbase bonus" in their details
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
No, that circle shows you the range of the modules effectiveness (ex. Ship Attack Assist, Production Assist). Resources are still a global ability bonus, and wont specifically show up in the planet details screens.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Thanks for the reply I understand that battle bonuses etc. apply only in a particular area around the starbase.

Also whats a bit confusing: the effect of "local" starbases, not built upon resources, seems to show in the planet detail window, but in the "planet bonuses" part of the window not in the "starbase bonuses".

In the planet bonuses window I see also a 5% morale bonus, as I mentioned I have two starbases on morale resources, shouldn't there be 10%? Now that I've upgraded one with one more module, shouldn't it be 12%? To be honest, I might have selected a racial advantage that gives these 5%, but I'm not sure, so maybe these 5% don't relate to the morale after all?

But then where do I see the improvement from starbases on resources?
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Well for me after some colonization stage the game becomes "the rush to build more starbases" , at least AI uses this tactics all the time and I learned from it

This will not work on huge galaxies because of logisics limitations but on tiny and small ...
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
It would be nice if global bonuses from a resource did show up in the planet details screen. After all the planet details screen shows local starbase bonuses.